Month: December 2014

Volume 13, No. 52

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moltoitalianoVolume 13 No. 52

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365 Days in Italy 2015 Wall Calendar
An Italian getaway with every glance. 365 Days in Italy celebrates Italy, region by region, with dozens of full-color photographs by Steven Rothfeld and text by Patricia Schultz. Fields of sunflowers in the Tuscan countryside. Serene Lake Como. Gondolas docked along the Grand Canal. The clifftop villas of Capri; a tray of plump, just-made ravioli; fishing boats bobbing in the port of Portofino; creamy burrata; and touring Rome on a shiny red Vespa. Embrace the spirit of la dolce vita.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for the Typical Italian
The new year is the perfect time to make change. You essentially have a clean slate on which you can create the life you always dreamed of…or at least that is how it feels for the first few hours after the countdown to midnight. So, I decided to have a little fun and contemplate the resolutions of typical Italians. Here’s what I came up with.

New Year Brings Nostalgic Memories For The Past
Like most of us, I’ve had plenty of time to say good-bye to the passing year- to decide what I’ll miss most about it and to brace myself for the coming new year.

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The Church of Suffrage in Riccia dates back to 1735.

* Proverb
Aprile dolce dormire

* Recipe
Here is a great recipe for an Americano.

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Volume 13, No. 51

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moltoitalianoVolume 13 No. 51

Molto Italiano featured item:

Filastrocche Italiane – Italian Nursery Rhymes
Collection of 20 very popular Italian nursery rhymes with color illustrations, text in Italian with English translation. Use as an introduction to Italian language and traditions, as playtime or bedtime reading, school activity and language practice. Included in the book are five pages of language puzzles.

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Christmas Eve Dinner
One of the big mysteries surrounding Christmas Eve has to do with dinner and the significance of the number of fish dishes prepared. This tradition isn’t one that you will find in all Italian households. In fact it appears that this is mainly a central and southern tradition and it is not upheld in the north.

12 Days of Christmas for Italians
While we Americans are toiling at the office or wherever it is that we work during the holiday season, Italians are taking it easy. Most of them have off from Christmas Eve until the Epiphany on Jan. 6. Much of Europe celebrates the holiday through the “12 Days of Christmas.” The song isn’t just about some make-believe, fantasy world where the holidays lasts and lasts. With that in mind, I set out to write my own 12 days of Christmas for Italians.

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A view of the Vettica Maggiore, which is a frazione of Praiano.

* Proverb
Le parole non fanno buchi, ma gli stupidi si riempiono la pancia

* Recipe
Here is a great recipe for fried calamari.

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Volume 13, No. 50

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moltoitalianoVolume 13 No. 50

Molto Italiano featured item:

Buon Natale: Learning Songs & Traditions in Italian
Learn the customs and traditions of Christmas in Italy through a bilingual story while enjoying the season’s favorite songs. This beautifully illustrated 32 page hardcover book comes with an audio CD, including the narration in Italian and 15 songs to sing along and enjoy.

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Christmas in Italy
I cried for days the first time I went to Italy for Christmas. I was 11, and we had to convince my little sister Rosaria that Santa Claus would be able to find us in Ischia, a small island off the coast of Naples. There were no lights on the houses, and we were the only ones on the block with a Christmas tree. It all seemed so tragic. Italians might not go all out with the decorations, but the holiday spirit is alive and well in the Motherland.

‘Tis the Season for Tombola
Italy is all fun and games during the holiday season. The country’s decorations are far more subdued and serious than those you might see in the United States. It’s all nativity scenes and gold stars with few trees and lights. But in homes across the country, the people come together to laugh, eat, drink – and gamble. It’s not what you think. Sometimes they’re playing for beans or one or two euro (which are coins in Italy). They are playing Tombola or the Italian version of bingo.

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This photo was taken on the Spiaggia Grande (Big Beach) in Positano. On the left is the Buca di Bacco Hotel and Restaurant. To the right is the Spiaggia Grande and straight ahead are the houses and buildings that line the hills of Positano.

* Proverb
Toccare il fuoco con le mani degli altri

* Recipe
Here is a great recipe for wine struffoli.

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Volume 13, No. 49

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moltoitalianoVolume 13 No. 49

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, against all odds, Zamperini survived, adrift on a foundering life raft. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.

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Lighting of the Christmas Tree
One of the things I love about Italy is the different and unique traditions they do throughout the year and in particular during various holidays. One tradition that takes place during the Christmas season is the lighting of the Christmas tree in the city of Gubbio, Umbria.

Santa Lucia
She is the symbol of light and hope as well as the patron saint of the blind. The Feast of Santa Lucia is celebrated differently throughout Italy. In Sicily they have a bonfire to commemorate her name and they abstain from eating bread and pasta. In northern Italy you will find that children leave carrots and hay for the donkey that brings Santa Lucia and her bag of gifts for the kids.

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A view of Mount Vesuvius from the city of Pompei.

* Proverb
Pazienza è la madre delle virtù

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Here is a great recipe for Sicilian olive salad.

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Volume 13, No. 48

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moltoitalianoVolume 13 No. 48

Molto Italiano featured item:

Buon Natale: The Christmas Album
In May 2009, three fresh-faced teenagers, Piero Barone (17), Ignazio Boschetto (16), and Gianluca Ginoble (16), appeared on the popular Italian talent show “Ti Lascio Una Canzone” and dazzled television viewers with their flawless rendition of the Neapolitan standard “O Sole Mio.” “Buon Natale The Christmas Album” is Il Volo s 3rd full length studio album. It includes several popular Christmas favorites including I’ll Be Home For Christmas, Rockin Around the Christmas Tree, O Holy Night and more.

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Holiday Packages for Italian Family and Friends
Care packages are a wonderful way to stay connected to your relatives and friends in Italy. The holidays are the perfect time to send a little love in a box. But deciding exactly what to put in it can be a challenge. Lucky for you, I’ve been sending gifts to my family in Italy for as long as I can remember. In fact, I’m wrapping up gifts for a Christmas package for my Italian in-laws as I write this.

Frank Capra’s Wonderful Film Gave America Hope When We Needed it Most
During the dark decade of the 1930s, Frank Capra’s films brought light where there was darkness and hope where there was despair to a nation in desperate need of an uplifting message. If only for a few minutes, in a darkened theatre, Capra’s films inspired irrepressible optimism in American audiences and when they left the theater, they left feeling better about themselves and the future of their world.

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The famed Leaning Tower of Pisa.

* Proverb
Sposa bagnata, sposa fortunate

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Here is a great recipe for limoncello.

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